Question

D.
Fill in the blanks
1. The East India Company came to India in
the year
b) 1601
c) 1650
a) 1500​

Answer 1

Answer:

the East India Company come to India in the year 1601

Answer 2

Answer

in 1608

Explanation

The British East India Company came to India as traders in spices, a very important commodity in Europe back then as it was used to preserve meat. Apart from that, they primarily traded in silk, cotton, indigo dye, tea and opium. They landed in the Indian subcontinent on August 24, 1608, at the port of Surat.